Toronto 3D2N

The ride there was already covered... it was freaking long... but anyway, after 13 whole hrs of bus ride, i finally reached salvation. The first person i saw when i peered out of the bus was my dearest grandmother. It has been about 2 years since i've last seen her. She's really a nice grandma. She's actually quite cute. Here's a picture of her on my last day. I treated her to ice cream.

my beloved grandma

anyway, Toronto was characterized by food and more food. I guess that's what my family's famous for. Stuffing visitors with food. haha... But i think the greatest thing is that we get to meet a really nice group of people. Frankly, i haven't seen my uncle and auntie (who are both citizens of Canada) for more than 15 years. To be able to meet up with them, has been one of the most exciting part of this trip. Not to mention, i can finally meet up with my grandfather. The last time i saw him was when i was 10 years old. Once again, another 15 years apart.

The 3 days spent in Toronto is well worth it. We went around eating. The main reason for this is because my grandfather is highly interested in eating. As an old man, he really has a great appetite. This might sound crazy but he eats MORE THAN ME! Nonetheless, he's not exactly in a very good condition. He is sometimes in a blur state of mind while sometimes in a clear state of mind.

Here's pictures of the people mentioned:

(left to right): grandma, uncle tom, grandpa, auntie mavis

my grandparents, may and I

(left to right): Auntie Mavis, Uncle Michael & Cousin Clayton

Although the most important part of Toronto is the people, here's the places we visited:

On the first day, we visited the harbour & downtown. Its really a super nice view. As it was sunday, there was a mardi gras and filipinos were dressed in their traditional costume travelling along the streets of the harbour. It was a carnival! No pictures on the carnival but i can show you the lake!

On the second day, the primary mission was to bring my grandpa around to eat. I can see that he wants to spend more time eating with me. He wants to see more of us before we left. As we'll be gone for the whole day on the 3rd day, this was his only chance. So, we brought him out for the whole day! we went around shopping but of course he just sat there just to enjoy the crowd. We saw shops which were typical of business case studies and can only be found in north america, like walmart! haha...

The third day is by far the rushest day but also one of the days we enjoyed ourselves the most. We went to niagara falls! The trip took Uncle Tom 2 hrs of drive but we finally reached there. Initially, I thought Niagara falls was just a waterfall there for you to see and maybe touch. But i was wrong! there were casinos and many shops! it was like a mini broadway! We really had fun! we took the Maiden of the Mist (a ship) to toured within the falls... Its just like it brought you into an area that was raining and back... haha but the views were great!


Yupz... next stop will be Atlantic City!!!